“The judge is signing off on it today. We’ll be annulled.” As if on cue his phone goes off and he picks it up. He turns the screen so I can see the text.
“It’s from my lawyer, Wyatt.”
Wyatt: Done.
“That’s it? You’re not married anymore?” I knew this was coming, but I didn’t know how much it meant to me for it to all be over with. No one else has a claim to him, fake or otherwise, and I get him all to myself.
“I was never was married, my heart.”
I smile so big I think my face might hurt tomorrow. I think of Savannah and I hope she’s okay. She was rude and mean, but I could see the hurt in her eyes. She ached to be loved by someone and I know exactly how that feels. We just have different ways of dealing with it.
The phone chimes again and we both look down.
Wyatt: She doesn’t belong to you anymore. Never did to begin with.
The text sounds possessive and I stare at it for a moment thinking I read it wrong. Aiden doesn’t look at it more than a second before he puts it in his pocket and it’s clear he doesn’t care about it any longer. He got the information he needed and anything else is of no concern to him. I begin to wonder what that could mean.
“You’re going to marry me,” he tells me, and all thoughts of anything else dissolve.
I nod because I know I am. I think I knew from the moment I turned around and looked at him. It wasn’t only his eyes that held me captive that day. It was his possession.
“When you ask me, we will.” I fight a smirk.
I was happy before this moment, but now something feels different. He’s really all mine. He moves his hands from my hips and begins to tickle me. I laugh and try to get away, but of course I can’t go anywhere.
“Get dressed so we can find a place to call our home,” he says after I agree I’ll marry him. He already knew I would. “We’re going to make the life we didn’t know we could have,” he adds with a smile.
“Are your parents going to be okay with all this?” I ask.
I’ve been wondering about his parents since he talked about them some. They didn’t sound cold like Savannah’s, and if anything they want him to be happy so they can try to heal the pain of losing their daughter. Marrying Aiden off was not the way to make that happen, especially since there wasn’t any love involved. It only pushed them away from him. I may not know a lot about being a family, but from watching Gia’s I know love is the center of it all. They can fight but they love harder and that’s clear in everything they do for each other.
“They don’t have a choice. I’m done living for everyone else. Now it’s you and me.” His hand goes to the back of my neck and he pulls me to him. Our mouths are a breath apart and I can feel his warm lips almost touching mine. “And whatever family we make inside of you for us.”
I can’t stop myself from pushing my panty-covered clit into his hard cock and thinking about him putting a baby inside me. For all I know he already has.
He groans, standing with me in his arms.
“Get dressed or we’ll never leave. I have to get us a place where I can have you anytime and anywhere without thinking about someone seeing or hearing you cum.”
My cheeks heat but I hurriedly dash for the closet. I grab some jeans and pull on a sweater.
“I’m ready.”
“Good.” He takes my hand and we tell Elvis goodbye before we leave. I lean into him as we take the elevator down and then walk out of the building. I’m full of love and happiness as we step outside and suddenly a flash goes off in my face. Then several more all at once.
“Mr. Clark, is it true you were never married?”
“Medical reports claim Savannah Caldwell is still a virgin!”
“Is she the other woman? Is she the reason you never slept with your wife?”
“Was Savannah Caldwell’s family trying to con you?”
Questions rain down on us and flashes blind me. Aiden pulls me back into my building. We race back to the elevator and the doors close, leaving us alone. I glance over to him, unsure of what to say. I’m not even sure what the hell happened.
I don’t know how they found out where I live or that Aiden got an annulment, but the whole world now knows that we’re together.
11
Aiden
We rush back inside her apartment and I pull out my phone.
“Do you think it was the driver you fired?” Caroline asks, her eyebrows pulling together in worry.